7:00 AM | *Windy and cold today in the wake of a cold frontal passage*
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly sunny, windy, cold, highs in the lower 40’s
Tonight
Increasing clouds, quite cold, calm, lows near 25 degrees
Wednesday
Partly sunny, breezy, cold, near 45 degrees for afternoon highs
Wednesday Night
Becoming mainly cloudy, cold, chance of a shower towards daybreak, mid-to-upper 30’s for late night lows
Thursday
Mainly cloudy, chilly, chance for a few showers, near 50 degrees
Friday
Mainly cloudy, cold, periods of rain likely, mid 40’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, quite mild, near 60 degrees
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, colder, chance of rain and/or snow, low-to-mid 40’s
Discussion
A cold frontal system slipped through the region in the overnight hours and today will turn out to be quite windy and cold despite mainly sunny skies. High pressure will shift off the coast on Wednesday and another cold front will slide through the region later Thursday. Moisture will arrive here by early Friday as strong low pressure pulls out of the southern states and heads towards the Ohio Valley. This system will result in mainly a rain event here on New Year’s Day, but it may be cold enough at the onset for a bit of sleet and/or freezing rain at the onset in some of the far northern and western suburbs with a cold air mass in only slow retreat. It’ll turn milder by Friday night and Saturday before another cold front pushes across the region late Saturday and then we’ll have to watch for a potential low pressure system to develop near the east coast on Sunday.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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